Blessed Marmaduke Bowes

Memorial: 26 November
22 November as one of the Martyrs of England, Scotland, and Wales
Profile: Married layman and father. Fearful of the persecutions of the day, he was a covert Catholic who put in appearances in the Established church to keep the authorities away. He sheltered priests on the run, and had his children raised Catholic. In 1585 his children's tutor was arrested and bribed to apostatize, turn informer, and denounce Bowes for helping priests. Bowes and his wife were arrested and imprisoned in York; she was released, but Marmaduke was convicted on the statements the tutor. First layman executed under the law that made helping priests a felony. One of the 85 Martyrs of England, Scotland and Wales.
Born: in Ingram Grange, Yorkshire, England
Died: hanged on 26 November 1585 in York, Yorkshire, England
Venerated: 10 November 1986 by Pope John Paul II
Beatified: 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized: pending
Additional Information: Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia
Katolsk i Norge - norwegian
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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